North
by Northwest with Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason
opened in Detroit at the Adams Theatre on Friday, July 10, 1959. It had
its world premiere in Chicago on July 1, 1959 and later opened in New
York City on August 6, 1959. In Detroit, North
by Northwest succeeded Ask
Any Girl (David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Gig Young).

"Ever
since the Keystone Kops the chase has been a prime ingredient," wrote
Detroit Free Press Movie Critic Helen Bower on July 10, 1959. "Chase
pioneer Mack Sennett would, I'm sure, bow before Alfred Hitchcock as producer-director
of 'North by Northwest,' opening Friday at the Adams Theater."

"Alfred
Hitchcock is up to his old tricks in 'North by Northwest,' and that means
that audiences at the Adams are being treated to entertainment that produces
goose pimples and laughs at a lively clip as the plot races all over the
map," wrote Al Weitschat in The Detroit News on July 10, 1959.

North
by Northwest began its Detroit neighborhood and suburban run on
October 28, 1959 when it opened at the Redford and many other theaters.
It played on double bills at the Redford with Cry
Tough (John Saxon, Linda Cristal) and Ten
Seconds to Hell (Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler) until November 3,
1959, and was followed by Anatomy
of a Murder (James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara).